Can the XPS M1330 output 1920x1080 resolution?

Pardon my ignorant question to your question ....

But what is the point of connecting the computer to your TV? Is this so you can have a downloaded movie & play it through the larger TV?

My newest television was purchased in 1999, so I don't know about all these newfangled things. When I built my new laptop & it had a TV option, I thought, "um, okay. Huh?"


Wendy

The benefit is that if you get the blue ray drive on the 1330 you can use it as a Blu-ray movie player on your big TV.

Also HD TVs are now high enough res to be used as a large monitor if you should choose to. And need I say how good gaming is on a big 42in LCD screen (although you won't do much of that on a 1330 as the 8400GS card won't cope).

As far as I can tell Nvidia cards will output either 1920x1200 or 1900x1080 not 1920x1080. Not sure why. Might be they just don't list every possible option in between.

However your display should still work. Maybe your problem is not the resolution but the refresh rate - I think something like 30hz for 1920x1200 would work.

Also note the limitations of the HDMI port on the 1330 here:
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Message Edited by ButtonMasher on 01-09-2008 05:21 AM

Hi,

I've found some software that can help.
Link to Powerstripper

Powerstriper has a number of tweaks including forcing resolutions so you can output to your TV.

I don't know if there is a free software solution as PowerStripper has a lot of features that you won't need and it's possible there is some free software that just does resolution fixes.

Hope this helps.

Well when I say "force a resolution" I mean it gives you more resolutions to choose from.

The problem is with the Nvidia graphics cards not providing the resolution you want out of the box. If you go for a different brand like HP or Sony and they have the same graphics card the problem will still be there.

To get a graphics card that does 1920x1080 without software support you might need to get one with an ATI card.

The other alternative is a TV that will accept the higher resolution.

I am actually searching for a good HDTV right now so I will bear in mind what we've discussed when choosing but if I can't get a good TV that has support for outputs of 1920x1200 I might just use the software fix.

FYI - I posted this same question on the forums at notebookreview.com and got a lot more responses. According to one of the responses there, the M1330 does indeed output 1920x1080 (there is even a screenshot). Go to the second page to see the posts.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=204722

I am currently using an HP Pavillion ze4805 to use with my new 56" Samsung DLP HDTV. The laptop is older than my current Dell Inspiron 700m, but to my surprise, the graphics card inside the HP is an ATI Radeon IGP 320M and it actually output 1920x1080 resolution. It doesn't have an HDMI out of course (it's too old), but the display looks great anyway using just a simple VGA cable. I was disappointed to find out that my Dell 700m did not support 1920x1080 and very disappointed to learn that their latest and greatest thin and light notebook does not either.